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A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
Approximate author period: c. 1893 AD · industrial
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- Frank Lloyd Wright
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- Approximate author period: c. 1893 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Frank Lloyd Wright: documented activity in 1893. Wikidata Q5604, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5604 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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